Sentences with laryngoscope
la·ryn·go·scope
L l - In the fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing, a transnasal laryngoscope is used to assess pharyngeal swallowing.
- There were also syringes, metal and leather gags, electrodes and even a laryngoscope, normally used by doctors to examine patients' airways.
- Many of the survivors would also have died if there had been no endotracheal tubes, laryngoscope, or doctor capable of intubating them.
- As injury to the mucous membrane of the larynx could occur when an endotracheal tube or a laryngoscope, selected on the basis of western data, is introduced into the larynx of patients.
- By mid-century, the stethoscope had been joined by the ophthalmoscope and laryngoscope, the thermometer and spirometer.
- As specialists, we visualise the pharynx and upper oesophagus with mirrors and a flexible laryngoscope and use rigid endoscopy under anaesthesia, which is the gold standard for investigation of this difficult area.
- This may involve direct visual examination of the inside of the larynx with an instrument called a laryngoscope or indirect examination of the airway with a mirror.
- The laryngoscope is used again to confirm vocal cord medialization while the patient phonates.
- Straightbladed paediatric laryngoscopes are designed to be inserted beyond the epiglottis, which is then lifted by the tip of the blade to expose the vocal cords.
- If the child shows classic signs and symptoms, direct visualization of the supralaryngeal area is carried out promptly using a laryngoscope or bronchoscope.
- A short obese neck and full breasts due to pregnancy may make it difficult to insert the laryngoscope into the mouth.
- Our concern arose as a result of an incident when in the course of endoscopic examination of a glottic cancer the laryngoscope was dislodged leaving the jet catheter in the upper trachea.